Free Eats at Airport Club Sparks Local Controversy
Three hundred Seal Beach residents flocked to the Airport Club for a free dinner hosted by William Robertson, head of the poker casino, while local voting on the club’s license continued. The meal, served by nine servers and a chef, occurred amid ongoing efforts to overturn the club’s permit decision ahead of the April 14 vote.
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Seal Beach
Airport Club
William Robertson
Poker Casino
Robertson
Walls
Jerry ‘Brockman
Seal Ghone
Brockman
Verturn
Horace W.losch
4Th St
Plane crash hoax prompts police and Coast Guard response
Residents reported a downed aircraft off Pt Fermin after a movie crew staged a napalm attack scene for Columbia Studios at Fort MacArthur. Coast Guard cutters searched the area after a San Pedro police boat joined the response, but the operation ended when officials confirmed it was a film set.
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Veryone
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Pt. Fermin
Pt Fermin
The
Columbia Studios
Ft MacArthur
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Pat Fermin
Bluffs
Grim Job Gets Goat's Goat
A fragment describes a goat named Judas at a slaughterhouse who later walked to the University Bridge and drowned after jumping into the Schuylkill River. The odd tale suggests guilt or conscience behind the act.
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Judas
University Bridge
Schuylkill River
Luncheon Plan Aims At Bipartisan White House Talks
Nonpartisan effort in Washington suggests a White House lunch for about 20 Congress members. President Eisenhower plans mixed Democrat and Republican attendance, though some GOP members claim exclusive representation. The move seeks broad support despite a narrow House margin of 10 votes.
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White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Cemnot
Great Plains hit by blizzard and dust storm in 1949 repeat
A brutal storm swept from Wyoming into the Great Plains bringing heavy snow and gale force winds. Kansas Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle faced dust storms while Nebraska Colorado and New Mexico reported near blizzard conditions. Tornadoes struck Texas prison farm area but no casualties were reported. Traveling halted. rural schools closed. forecasts warned of continued severe weather with clearing expected in Nebraska and a brief duration anticipated in Omaha.
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New Mexico
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Towa
Texas
Ferguson Prison Farm
Oklahoma
Kansas
Scottsbluff
Neb
Weather Bureau
Omaha
Raton Pass
Colorado
Wyomi
Rawlins
Casper
Wyo
Texas Panhandle
Fatal Brawl Victim Sought in Wilmington Bar Fight
Sheriff's homicide detectives search for the other participant in a Wilmington bar brawl that left Kenneth C. Anderson 40 of 19 Truman Boyd Manor in a coma then dead. Autopsy shows a fractured skull. an inquest was set for 1:30 PM at the coroner's office.
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Sheriff's Homicide
Wilmington
Long Beach
Kenneth C. Anderson
Truman Boyd Manor
Dorothy
Thurs
Jailbreakers Crushed in Texas Car Chases
Six of ten men who broke out of Tarrant County jail were found Thursday night in stolen cars after police pursued them into Texas and Arkansas. Deputies captured three near Newton County. others surrendered after wrecks. One man remained at large, and a pregnant girlfriend was reportedly with a fugitive.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tarrant County
Alcatraz
Texas
Arkansas
Deweyville
Texand
Highway 71
Texarkana
Newton County
Louisiana
Marth
Federal Budget Setback in House Amid School Aid Fight
In a 369 to 2 vote, the House approved a 925 million supplemental appropriation raising total federal funding for the year by 1.39 billion less than Truman’s original estimates. The package includes school district payments funded by defense boosts, while the Senate remains to decide further changes. Winds up to 30 mph are forecast for Long Beach with clear skies overall.
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Washington
Congressional Budget Cutters
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Defense Department
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Rescue of 400 Children After Albany School Fire
Policeman Walton Williams directed quick evacuations as a 60-year-old brick school burned. Three adults, including principal Charles Snyder and inspector John Shepard, leapt from a 20 foot window. both were injured. Firefighters and officers aided dozens of pupils, many via ladders and windows, in a rapid safety operation.
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Albany
Walton Williams
Charles A. Snyder
Schoool
John Shepard
John Stolz
Priest Excommunicated in Boston Case
The official newspaper of the Catholic archdiocese reported that Father Leonard Feeney was excommunicated. Feeney had promoted a doctrine insisting on salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church, triggering the canonical penalty announced Thursday night in Boston.
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Boston
Catholic Archdiocese
Leonard Feeney
Feeney
Boaton
Pupils Missing After Blizzard Bus Sighting Near Sterling
Seven students were aboard a school bus that left a Colorado gravel road to take them home Thursday afternoon and had not been heard from for over nine hours as a blizzard intensified. Search crews pressed into the night while worried parents called in reports.
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Sterling
Colo
Pay Scale Riles West Coast Ship Officers
SAN FRANCISCO AP Ship officers on West Coast merchant vessels plan coast wide work stoppages starting at 2 p.m. today if Pacific Maritime Assn fails to bargain for wage boosts. Capt C F May of the Master Mates and Pilots Union said owners stall on pay hikes to match gains elsewhere.
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San Francisco
AFL
C. F. May
Pacific Maritime Ass'n
Gulf Coast
May
PMA
West Coast
Stop-Work Meeting Idles Seven Ships In Harbor
Seven ships in the Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor will be idled as 25 local union members stop work at 1 p.m. today. The meeting is at the union’s headquarters 531 N Marine re. Captain R E Durkin, the port agent, is in San Francisco for strategy meetings.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Charles Crooks
N. Marinere
R. E. Durkin
San Francisco
Pay Race Sparks Navy Shipboard Pay Dispute
East and Gulf coast officers and engineering officers on three toasts receive 14.5 percent boosts while West Coast third officers earn 410 to 497 dollars monthly and captains 900 to 1250 dollars. Dispute pits PMA against CIO American Radio Association and Independent Marine Cooks and Stewards Union. Radiomen threaten walkout until a settlement is reached as a federal negotiator urges a pause. The union says East Coast owners agreed to a higher raise after talks in New York.
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East
Gulf Coast
May
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Union
PMA
CIO American Radio Assn
Independent
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Philip O'Rourke
American Radio Assn
Ant
New York
Wind Strands Two LSTs Off Coronado
A Marine amphibious operation saw two LST landing ships tied up near Coronado. LST 692 grounded during an unscheduled landing while LST 1146, which was aground on Wednesday, was blown off by wind and current.
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Coronado
Van Fleet Heads Home to Plan Korea Strategy
General James Van Fleet plans a new approach for Korea while returning to headquarters in Honolulu. The reforms focus on pressing the enemy with force and rebuilding a stalled front. He asserts readiness to strike decisively against Communist forces and press home morale.
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van Fleet
Honolulu
James ‘A. van
Fleet
Mainlane
Congress
Korea
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Ray L. Steele
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Robert W. Kane
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Great Plains
Chicago
Wyoming
N. Y
Williams
Joseph Meehan
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